Conveyer.



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Patented Jan. I, |90I.

M. J. PAUL.

CDNVEYER.

(Application filed Dec. 29, 1899.)

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No. 664.892. Patented 1an. I, |90I. M. J. PAUL.

GONVEYER.

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MICHEL JOHN PAUL, OF NEW YORK, N.- Y.

CONVEYER.

s'rEcIFIcA'rIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 664,892, datedJanuary 1, 190i.

`Application led December 29, 1899. Serial No. 741,913. (No modela Toall wwnt it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MICHEL JOHN PAUL, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing in the city, county, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful improvements in Conveyers, of which thefollowing is a speciiication.

This invention relates to the class of devices or apparatuses such asare employed for conveying and transferring coal and similar substances,and particularly to that species of conveyers which are used inconnection with vessels for coaling and for transferring cargoes,ballast, dto.

The object of the invention is primarily to provide an adjustableconveyer or transferring apparatus adapted for receiving coal or othermaterials from a barge, collier, or the like, carrying it to anotherpoint, usually at a higher level, and then discharging it. The point ofdischarge may be on board a vessel or on a wharf, for example. Usuallythe conveyer or transferring apparatus will be mounted on a float orlighter, so as to become a iioating conveyer, adapted to be interposed,for example, between a barge loaded with coal and a ship to which thecoal is to be transferred; and in the accompanying drawings theinvention is illustrated as ernbodied in an apparatus for such uses orpurposes.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a somewhat diagrammatic View of theapparatus, showing it interposed between a ship and a barge. Fig. 2 is aview seen from the left in Fig. l, the near side of the barge beingomitted. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the conveyers, drawn to alarger scale than the principal views, the plane of the section beingindicated approximately by the line .fr a; in Fig. l. Fig. #i is a sideelevation of the upper or delivery end of the conveyer. Fig. 5 is asectional detail View of a part of the conveyer, drawn also to a largescale. Figs. 6 and 6a are views illustrating the construction of thegearing. Fig. 7 illustrates a slightly-modified construction of thedelivery-chute.

For the purpose of the present specification it is assumed that theinvention is applied, by way of example, to transferring coal from abarge A to a Steamship B. The apparatus comprises a lighter or iioat C,on which the transferring-gear D is placed, thelatter being arranged insuch a manner as to admit of the lighter being brought alongside thevessel to be coaled. According to the method of Working described in thespecification to Letters Patent of the United States of America No.475,888 the coal is delivered at the extremity of the coal-barge; but inmost instances it is more convenient to bring the lighter or floatalongside and to deliver the coal laterally. According to the presentimproved method of working the coal-supply is contained in a bargedistinct from that which carries the transferring appliances, and thecoal instead of traveling longitudinally is conveyed transversely, itbeing received from the barge A,arranged on one side of the lighter C,and delivered to the vessel B to be coaled or to a wharf upon theopposite side of the said lighter.

The apparatus which serves in the actual transference of the'coalcomprises a con veyer E E, formed of plates e e, attached to links e eand having turned-up sides e2 e2, while certain of the plates have turned-up edges or backs e3, so as to constitute receptacles for the coal.The leading edge of each plate is down- ,Wardly curved, so as to fitsnugly against the trailing edge of the next preceding plate, and whileallowing of the maximum bending of the conveyer-chain it offers noopening for the escape of the coal-dust. Rollers e4 are provided uponsome of the joint-pins pertaining to the links. This conveyer ispreferably arranged in two sections, the first or lower sectionreceiving the coal from the barge and delivering it to the second orupper section of the conveyer, the latter in turn delivering it to thevessel or wharf. Each section E E of the conveyer is arranged aboutacarrier F F, furnished with rails F', whereon the rollers e4 run, andthe two conveyer-carriers are mounted to slide by means of rollers fj'in inclined guides G Gr, these guides being arranged parallel t-he onewith the other. From a steam, electric, or other motor (not shown)motion is communicated to each of the conveyers, the arrangement fordriving being such as to admit of their being worked whatever positionthe con veyer-carriers may at any moment happen to occupy in theirinclined guides. From the same source of power'mo- IOO tion is or may becommunicated to the conveyer-carriers themselves with a View to alteringtheir positions in their respective guides. The conveyer-carrier guidesare attached to a suitable fixed framing H.

W'hen the apparatus is out of use or while being moved from place toplace, the two sections of the conveyer, each arranged about its owncarrier, may be housed within the width of the lighter whereon they aremounted. When, however, the apparatus is required for use in coaling avessel, the two sections of the conveyer are moved one downward andoutward and the other upward and outward, t-he lower end of the formerextending into the barge A, containing the supply of coal, while theupper end of the latter extends over or toward the vessel B to becoaled. Thus the equal projection at opposite sides of the barge orfloating base serves to trim the latter or keep it level, and thedrawing in of the conveyers within the side lines or margins of the baseavoids obstruction to other crafts.

The shaft I is connected with the motor and transmits motion by means ofthe bevel-gearing t' to the shafts t" t', the upper extremities of thelatter shafts being furnished with bevelwheels 't2 i2, which mesh withbevel-wheels t3 t3, mounted on the respective shafts t4 t4. Each shafti4 is arranged to slide through its pinion i3 by means of a feather andfeather-way and is furnished at its upper end with a bevelwheel i5,which meshes with another bevelwheel 716, keyed to the shaft il of thedrivingdrum 'i8 pertaining to each conveyer E. Thus the conveyers arecaused to travel uniformly, the coal being carried up to the top of therst conveyer and there delivered onto the second conveyer, whence it isdelivered by the chute K into the hold of the vessel being coaled or toany other locality. The coal is picked up by the receptacles or bucketsof the conveyer from a hopper L, situate at the lower extremity of thecarrier pertaining to the first conveyer. A- hopper or collector L' isprovided to intercept any coal that might escape at the point oftransference from the first to the second conveyer. The tension of theconveyer may be regulated by means of the nuts e5 e5, the lowerdrum-trunnion of each conveyer being mounted to slide in slots in thelower end of its carrier.

When running out or housing the carriers, the shafts M M are renderedoperative by connecting them with the motor. The upper eX- tremities ofthese shafts are furnished with bevel-wheels m m, which mesh withbevelwheels 'm' m/ on transverse shafts m2 m2, the latter being providedwith toothed wheels 'm3 m3, which mesh with the respective toothed racksF2 F2.

The housed positions of the parts of the structure are indicated indotted lines in Fig. l, in which figure the conveyer is indicated by adot-and-dash line. The chute may be provided with a detachable extensionwhen required, as shown at KX.

It will be understood from the above description that this inventioncontemplates the unloading of any barge or collier, the lighter or floatcarrying the conveyer beinga separate vessel and interposed between thebarge and the ship or point of delivery, also that the conveyer is intwo parts or sections, which may be adjusted independently and beoperated simultaneously, and also that the sectional conveyer is adaptedto project onl base for driving the conveyer,and mechanism Y on the basefor protruding the conveyer-sections outward at opposite sides,respectively, of the base and for .drawing them in within the sidelimits of the same, in order t'o trim the base.

2. A conveying apparatus, comprising a floating base, an upright frameon said base, a conveyer mounted in said frame, said conveyer being intwo sections mounted slidably, one above the other, in inclined,parallel guides whereby one section may be protruded outwardly anddownwardly at one side of the base and the other section be protrudedoutwardly and upwardly at the other side of said base, mechanism fordriving both sections of the conveyer simultaneously, and means formoving said sections along their guides.

3. A conveying apparatus, comprising a floating base provided with anupright. supporting-frame, transversely inclined, superposed, parallelguides in said frame and comprised within the width of the base,conveyer- IOl sections mounted slidably in the respective guides andcoxnprised,when drawn in,within the width of the base, mechanism on thebase for protruding one of said sections outward and downward the othersection outward and upward, and mechanism on the base fordriving saidconveyer-sections.

4. In a conveying apparatus for the purpose speciiied, the combinationwith the endless chain of plates and the drums, of the carrier,the'inclined guides, the shaft t4, parallell MICHEL JOHN PAUL.

Witnesses:

PETER A. Ross, HENRY CoNNE'r'r.

